{"conversationCode":"618-029","tapeNumber":618,"conversationNumber":29,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-618-029","startDateTime":"1971-11-15T18:16:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-11-15T18:53:00.000Z","startDate":"15-Nov-1971","startTime":"1:16 PM","endDate":"15-Nov-1971","endTime":"1:53 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Sanchez, Manolo;","description":"On November 15, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:16 pm and 1:53 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 618-029 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"OVAL","recordingDevice":"Oval Office","latitudeEstimated":38.8974,"longitudeEstimated":-77.0374,"chronCode":2,"chronRelease":"Second Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"26-Oct-2000","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 618-29\n\nDate: November 15, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 1:16 pm and 1:53 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with Manolo Sanchez.\n\n*****************************************************************\n\n[Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift 04/07/2022.\nSegment cleared for release.]\n[Personal Returnable]\n[618-029-w001]\n[Duration: 10s]\n\f     Request\n\n*****************************************************************\n\nSanchez left at an unknown time before 1:53 pm.","filename":["618-029.mp3"],"tapeStart":"05:05:29","tapeEnd":"05:07:56","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Sanchez, Manolo"],"prevCode":"618-028","nextCode":"618-030","transcript":[{"start":6.8,"end":8.1,"text":"I don't believe it at all."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with his personal valet, Manolo Sanchez, in the Oval Office for a brief exchange. The conversation lacks substantial recorded content, as the primary segment was designated as a personal returnable item and subsequently withdrawn from the public record. No significant policy decisions or administrative actions were documented during this short encounter.","topics":["Manolo Sanchez","Oval Office","Personal Staff","White House Operations"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-07T00:56:54.257Z"},"topicSlugs":["manolo-sanchez","oval-office","personal-staff","white-house-operations"],"audioDurationSec":11,"audioFiles":[{"file":"618-029.mp3","bytes":426105,"durationSec":10.51,"bitrate":324476,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:51.996Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:44:08.357Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/618-029.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/618-029","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/618/conversation-618-029","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}